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Artisitic gymnastics is an Olympic sport that involves physical strength, power, agility, flexibility, grace, control, coordination, and balance. Gymnastics is governed by the Federation Internationale de Gymnastique.

Competitive artistic gymnastics is the most popular gymnastic events. Most of the gymnastics events involve women’s events like the uneven bars, balance beam, floor exercise, and vault. There are also men’s events like the floor exercise, pommel horse, still rings, vault, parallel bars, and the high bar.

In artistic gymnastics, scoring is a combination of two main components: the Difficulty Score (D-Score) and the Execution Score (E-Score). The D-Score reflects the difficulty and complexity of the routine, including the value of the elements performed and any connection bonuses. The E-Score starts from a maximum of 10 points and deductions are made for errors in execution, form, technique, and artistry. Judges evaluate both aspects, and the final score is the sum of the D-Score and E-Score, minus any penalties for specific infractions.

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Artisitc Gymnastics Events

• Tumbling — a gymnastics event involving tumbling along a mat performing flips, rolls, jumps, performing somersaults and handsprings.
• Vault — an artistic gymnastics event for men and women, in which the athlete leaps over a vault or pommel horse, using the hands for pushing off.
• Uneven Bars — an artistic gymnastics apparatus used only by female gymnasts comprising a pair of parallel bars set at different heights. (also called or asymmetric bars).
• Horizontal Bar — artistic gymnastics event also known as high bar, where athletes perform aerial stunts on a horizontal bar.
• Parallel Bars — an artistic gymnastics discipline performed by men which comprises predominantly of swings and vaults with two parallel bars.
• Horizontal Bar — athletes perform aerial stunts on a horizontal bar
• Rings — gymnastics routine using a pair of rings, that are suspended by straps.
• Balance Beam — a female Olympic Games gymnastics event in which a gymnast balances on a narrow horizontal bar raised off the floor, while performing exercises.
• Floor — gymnasts perform a tumbling and dance routine on a floor space
• Pommel Horse — a male artistic gymnastics event in which the gymnast performs routines atop a symbolic horse.

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Related Pages

• More about the sport of Gymnastics
• Artistic Gymnastics at the Olympics
• List of Olympic Gymnastics All-Around Winners - Men and Women
• Complete list of sports
• The Encyclopedia of Sports — a list of every sport from around the world.